GERMAN COMPANY TAKING OVER U.S. DRINKING WATER SUPPLY
As municipal water supplies across the U.S. are taken over by corporations, citizens who were once proponents of water privatization are stepping up to the tap to figure out if there's any way to take back control of their water. Freshwater, a resource that has been considered publicly owned for thousands of years, is now considered "blue gold," and as such, is quickly becoming a privately owned commodity. Some quick facts: -A German company, RWE, now owns the water in over 1,100 U.S. cities. -In Illinois alone, more than one million people now have their local water supply owned by that same German company. -15% of the U.S. business water supply is now privately owned... a figure that has more than tripled in the last decade.
Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_658.cfm
Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_658.cfm
rudkla - 8. Jun, 18:25
